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now.
“Colton,” I called out as he walked past me.
He paused and jerked his chin up at me in greeting.
“Sup, Lila?”
“Did you see Maddox today? He’s not replying to my
texts or answering my calls,” I asked cautiously.
An unreadable expression passed over Colton’s face, and
he scratched his chin before looking down at his own phone
as if waiting for it to light up with a text, too. “No. He’s not
replying to mine either.”
That was weird. Maddox never went radio silent on us,
well… me before today. In fact, he was always the first to
pester me in the early morning and until late at night with
his horrible and silly jokes.
Maddox: What’s black, red, black, red, black, red?
Me: Idk. Let me sleep.
Maddox: A zebra with a sunburn.
He always found a random joke to tell me at night; that
was our goodnight. At first, I didn’t know if it was weird,
annoying or… sweet. But after a few weeks, I’d grown used
to it and had come to expect it every night after I climbed
into bed.
Maddox: What’s green and sits crying in the corner?
Me: Bye.
Maddox: The Incredible Sulk. C’mon, admit it. This one
is funny.
Me: Ha. Ha. Ha. G’night.
Maddox’s face faded into the background as I focused
my attention on Colton again. “Is something…wrong? What
about the surprise party we’re throwing him later today?”
Two months after our truce and the beginning of our
friendship, Maddox had successfully passed the semester
with good enough marks to keep his scholarship at
Harvard.
I knew Maddox would never back down from a dare
because he was no loser. But Maddox Coulter forgot to